10 Favorite Magical Story Books for Kids

Recently, I conducted a quick poll on the Inner Child Fun Facebook page to see what magical story books were the biggest favorites to read aloud to kids, and the recommendations were fantastic! Here’s a short summary of ten of the most popular recommendations.

7. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson — This book, and all of the books from its series are a favorite of Clara’s. Beautifully illustrated and particularly great for reading aloud.

8. The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone — As soon as this book was recommended, I thought of Mark because it was one of his favorite stories when he was a kid. In fact, he saved his copy from his childhood to pass onto the kids!

9. Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne — This is one of Emily’s favorite series, and she frequently reads them aloud for Clara to enjoy too. I love that they are historically inspired, and the non-fiction reading guides to go along with them are very well done!

10. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White — I haven’t read this book to my kids yet, but they are familiar with the film and love it. I was excited to see this one was recommended and can’t wait to share this classic with them!

Do you have a favorite magical story book to read to your kids that I forgot to add? I would love to hear from you! Leave a comment and share your ideas with us, or join in the conversation on our Facebook page to see other great magical book suggestions!!

Comments

This is a lovely list. For my 7 year old Rick Riordan was the most magical author last year with 5 books in his Greek Percy Jackson series and 4 books in Roman series. She cannot wait for the last book to arrive this year!

I LOVE The Secret Garden! One of my favorite-est books ever! soo glad I made myself stick with it – all those unfamiliar words/setting at the beginning in India really threw me (cholera and what she called her nanny) but once I got into it I was totally HOOKED! in fact it’s time for a re-read! I also love the Boxcar Children and Surprise Island, a few Bobbsey Twins stories that I read early on (cedar camp and at the seashore) and the first 2 little house on the prairie books (big woods and plum creek)